Fuad Masum
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| 7th President of Iraq | |
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Assumed office 24 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Vice President |
Khodair al-Khozaei Nouri al-Maliki Osama al-Nujaifi Ayad Alawi |
| Preceded by | Jalal Talabani |
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Speaker of the Council of Representatives Acting |
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In office 14 June 2010 – 11 November 2010 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Ayad al-Samarrai |
| Succeeded by | Osama al-Nujaifi |
| 1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan (PUK) | |
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In office 4 July 1992 – 26 April 1993 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Muhammad Fuad Masum محمد فؤاد معصوم January 1, 1938 Koya, Iraq |
| Political party |
Iraqi Communist (Before 1964) Kurdistan Democratic (1964–1975) Kurdistan Patriotic (1975–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Rounak Abdulwahid Mustafa (1968–present) |
| Children | Shereen Juwan Showan Zozan Shilan Veian |
| Alma mater |
University of Baghdad Al-Azhar University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muhammad Fuad Masum (Arabic: محمد فؤاد معصوم Muḥammad Fūād Ma‘ṣūm; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم, born 1 January 1938) is the seventh and current President of Iraq, in office since 24 July 2014. He is a veteran Iraqi Kurdish politician and was elected as President following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and is a confidant of Talabani.
Fuad Masum was born in the city of Koya. His family descends from the village of Khabanen, which is part of Hawraman. He studied at various religious schools in Iraqi Kurdistan until the age of 18. He studied law and Sharia at Baghdad University. In 1958, Masum traveled to Cairo to complete his higher education at Al-Azhar University. He worked as a professor in Basrah University in 1968. He earned his PhD in Islamic philosophy from Al-Azhar in 1975.
Masum joined the Iraqi Communist Party in 1962, until 1964, where he travelled to Syria to meet the Communist Party secretary there, Khalid Bakdash. After Masum discovered Bakdash's attitudes against the Kurds, he quit the party to join the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK).
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